Nobel Prize Biographies

A famous writer who shared big ideas about life through stories and won the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Helping discover the double helix shape of DNA, which explains how life grows and works

A famous playwright who won the Nobel Prize in Literature for his powerful and thoughtful plays.

Helping discover the double-helix shape of DNA

Being a world leader who worked for peace as Secretary-General of the United Nations

A famous writer who won the Nobel Prize in Literature for his powerful and imaginative books.

Helping start quantum theory, which explains how very tiny things like atoms behave.

Writing famous novels and stories about life in the American South and winning the Nobel Prize in Literature.